Dart – Check if String starts with specific other String

To check if a string starts with specific other string in Dart, call startsWith() method on this string and pass the other string as argument.

startsWith() method returns returns a boolean value of true if this string starts with the other string, or false if the this string does not start with other string.

Syntax

The syntax to call startsWith() method on this string object str and pass the other string other as argument is

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str.startsWith(other)

Example

In this example, we take two strings: str1 and str2; and check if the string str1 starts with the other string str2.

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void main() {
  var str1 = 'Hello World!';
  var str2 = 'Hell';
  if (str1.startsWith(str2)) {
    print('This string starts with other string.');
  } else {
    print('This string does not start with other string.');
  }
}

Output

This string starts with other string.

Conclusion

In this Dart Tutorial, we learned how to check if a string starts with specific other string, using startsWith() method of String class, with examples.